The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
Rosg oF Jertcwo. sit ets 
ROSA HICRACONTEA. : 
A Little woody Plant, named a Rofe from no- 
ing but ig Size, and its Manner of fold- 
ing itfelf up, by bending in the Tops of the 
Branches, fo that it appears hollow Ae pBiie 
We are accuftomed to fee it dry, and in that Con- 
dition, it is always thus drawn together. It is of 
the Bignefs of a Man’s Fift, and is compofed of 
a Quantity of woody Branches, interwoven with 
one another, and all bending inward. When it 
ig put into warm Water, it expands and becomes. 
flattith, but on drying it, acquires the old Form. 
Str is in. reality, a Kind of Thlafpi, or Treacle: 
_ Moftard, but of a peculiar woody Texture. The. 
Root is long, and pierces deep into the Ground; 
_ there grow. from this eight or ten Stalks, which 
read themfelves upon the Ground, in a circular 
tanner, as we fee the Stalks of our Birds Foot, 
and many other little Plants. Thefe Stalks are 
thick and woody, and about four Inches in 
length: They lie upon the Ground toward the 
Bale, but lay turned up a little at the Tops, and 
Leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale Green ; ~ 
they are very numerous, and they ftand irregular- 
* The Flowers are fmall, and white like thofe 
‘Our Shepherd’s Purfe. -The Seed Veffels are . 
fmall, and contain feveral Seeds like thofe of the ’ 
‘This is the Appearance of the Plant, as it 
_ 8fows very frequent in the warmer Climates; and_ 
thus it has nothing fingular in. it, while in its Per= 
“ton of Growth, but after a Time, the Leaves 
ay and fall off, and the Stalks as es 3 
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